Steve Clarke is confident Shane Long will have no problems getting through three Albion games in a week.

The in-form striker has been suffering with an ongoing hamstring issue, which the club have been managing for some time.

Albion take on Sunderland at lunchtime before travelling to Swansea on Wednesday and hosting Stoke next Saturday.

But Clarke is satisfied Long will suffer no ill-effects, even if called upon for all three games.

“I’ll make the changes from game to game as and when I think I should make the changes,” said Clarke.

“If Shane has to play 90 minutes he can play 90 minutes no problem.

“He can play two in four days and three in a week if I need him but then I’d have to manage the training.”

Speaking about Long’s hamstring problem, Clarke continued: “It’s just a condition he has got – tight hamstrings – so we look after him and make sure the hamstring doesn’t become a hamstring tear and he is out for eight weeks.